I have an Arctic Cat and spend all day pulling out my buddies 650 rincon.
Lets see my 400 cc bike Costing thousands less Vs the Rincon
Arctic cat clearance 12" > Rincon clearance 10"
Arctic Cat Front suspension travel 10" > Rincon Front Travel 6.9"
Arctic Cat rear travel 10" > Rincon rear travel 8"
Arctic Cat CVT W low range > Rincon 3 speed auto with no low range
Arctic cat with Front diff lock > Rincon limited slip, no locker

I ride monthly with 20+ bikes and the Hondas are always getting pulled out unless they are heavily modified. We have learned to put a real bike between the Hondas so we can get to them when they get stuck. Have fun

 

like i said ask anyone who owns a honda

 

I have had lots of ATV's over the past 10 years, Polaris, Yamaha, Honda, here is my take.

Polaris, total junk I had 2 of them and had lots of problems with both, the also weigh too much.

Honda, there utilitys are ok but could use more get up and go and ride like a lumber wagon, but will run almost forever. But they have put alot more time and money into the R&D on thier sport machines.

Yamaha, by far the best that I have had, both utiliys and sport. I still have the 2000 400 Kodiak that I bought brand new and it has out lasted the rest. Everytime it snows it plows 4 driveways in my neighborhood, average on them is about 120' long X 20' wide, we average right around 50-60" of snow a year and it has been pushing that snow since 99 when I bought it. And in the summer it use to pull a drag 2-3 times a week for yard prep, before my dad retired. It also gets trail riden about once a month in the summer. The machine has had no problems that I havn't cause, like when I completely swapped it last summer. The only thing sticking out of the water was the handle bar grip on the left side, 1 week later after a very good cleaning and some wrenching to clean out the clutch it was back running just as good as before it went swimming. After all this and it still has the belt that it came from the factory with!! It has god only knows how many miles and hours on it and still doesn't use any oil either, the only thing that it has used is the factory tires and now on its second set of Holeshot ATR's.

 

Yeah the Yamaha guys always do really well on the trails and seem to really like the machines. That new power steering is pretty sweet too

 

Getting back to the original thread your owners manual has instructions on what to do if you submerge your drive train in water. Glad you're back on the road.

 

What does the owners manual say about sinking the truck in water?

 

Believe it or not, it's in there, they think of everything.

It actually says, don't go any deeper then the hubs, but if you're acting like a complete retard, you might ruin your tranny, and go lube the driveshaft blah blah blah afterwords.

 

http://www.motorcraftservice.com/pub.../05f12og1e.pdf

Page 217...

 

Nice hookup, my Canadian owners manual goes into a little more detail.

 

Hmm... I don't understand why...

 

Because Canadians will be reading it

 

That's because you Canucks need to have things spelled out a little more clearly.

Or maybe there's just more mud in Canada...

 

Or maybe because Canadians use their trucks like real trucks, unlike us Americans........Nah

 

shes running like a raped ape pic will be up friday

 

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